Proverbs 26:28
A false tongue loveth not [the] truth; and a slippery mouth worketh fallings.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16That thou be delivered from an alien woman, and from a strange woman, that maketh soft her words; (And so that thou be rescued from a strange, or an unknown, woman, who maketh her words soft;)
Proverbs 7:5That it keep thee from a strange woman; and from an alien woman, that maketh her words sweet. (So that they keep thee safe from a strange woman; yea, from an unknown woman, who maketh her words sweet.)
Proverbs 29:5A man that speaketh by flattering and feigned words to his friend, spreadeth abroad a net to his steps.
John 8:40But now ye seek to slay me, a man that have spoken to you [the] truth, that I heard of God (or that I heard from God); Abraham did not this thing.
John 10:32Jesus answered to them, I have showed to you many good works of my Father, for which work of them stone ye me?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:28
27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. See here, 1. What pains men take to do mischief to others. As they put a force upon themselves by concealing their design with a profession of friendship, so they put themselves to a great deal of labour to bring it about; it is digging a pit, it is rolling a stone, hard work, and yet men will not stick at it to gratify their passion and revenge. 2. What preparation they hereby make of mischief to themselves. Their… Read the whole commentary →